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The petitions of the day are:
Philip Morris USA, Inc. v. Naugle
17-400
Issues: (1) Whether, when there is no way to tell whether a prior jury found particular facts against a party, due process permits those facts to be conclusively presumed against that party in subsequent litigation;...

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